I taped it off the radio but my attempts to buy anything from them were thwarted by Glaswegian humour, the lack of internet and living in buttfuck, north Wales. On the Peel Session they announced at the start of The Concept 'Here's our new single. It's called The Glove.... I didn't write it but I had a hand in it'. HMV in Chester were adamant that there wasn't a single by Teenage Fanclub called The Glove. Boy did I feel stupid when I realised.

In that I know he's both a producer and a DJ but I've never made any of his stuff. I've heard loads of Richie Hawtin on mixes though but I don't think I've ever heard any Sven Vath, and considering how (somewhat bewilderingly) huge he is that surprises me.

I feel like a lot of people think I should be embarrassed about that fact, but I'm sure it is true for a LOT of people. I still really like that record a lot. It's definitely a great starting point, because there are so many songs in which Isaac Brock does what he does best, but in a way that is refined enough that you can ease into it. It's also got some GREAT pop songs on it, and a couple incredibly pretty ones (One Chance is beautiful).

As for We Were Dead... I always felt like it was accessible to the point of being paint-by-numbers Modest Mouse.

are an odd one, I know I've heard them quite a lot. White Pony was a big album when I was at college. And I know I've gone on to hear a few of their albums since but I can never remember a single thing about them ever. When I listen I go, oh this is good. Then when its done its like nothing happened and I never recognise a tarck if its played without the name being said. There is somthing really nothingy about them, but they're still good, its odd.

- Grimes, start with Visions (esp. the songs Oblivion, Genesis, Be a Body).
- Errors, start with Have Some Faith in Magic (esp. the songs Pleasure Palace, The Knock, Magna Encarta & Holus-Bolus).
- For Chromatics, start with Kill the Love (esp. the song Into the Black).

The Postal Service - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcqQDM-qOG0I obviously recommend Give Up, because it is a flawless diamond, but also because it's the only record. If you like it, get Dntel's Life Is Full of Possibilities, because that is where it all started.

Iron & Wine - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7O-s4xBGmE(NOTE: Woman King is not the song that I would generally choose to represent Iron & Wine, but it marked a definite turning point. Everything before the Woman King EP was whispery and singular, and everything AFTER was big, bold, and pretty experimental. His current live shows are big band affairs, and his records have begun to reflect that. I think it works. Some people do not.) I recommend Our Endless Numbered Days (if you like your folk rock peaceful) and The Shepherd's Dog (if you like it slightly experimental and all over the place)

Tom Waits - I've chosen two songs:
Martha (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9Mse62NFl4), which represents his sentimental and beautiful side, and Hell Broke Luce (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Fju9o8BVJ8), which represents his GONNA FUCKING YELL LIKE A MADMAN side. These are likely my two favorite tracks, and they are from either end of his career. Both are worth the listen, I hope. I recommend every album, but Closing Time, Bone Machine, Bad As Me, and - if you're feeling crazy - Swordfishtrombones. Every album is a classic in its own way.

I'll shut the hell up because I talked about them above, but I recommend Good News For People Who Love Bad News, and from there, go for either The Moon & Antarctica or The Lonesome Crowded West. Both are incredible, and you can't go wrong with either one.

Not "difficult" per se, but Isaac Brock has a lot of tendencies that have a habit of turning people off. The Lonesome Crowded West starts off with a meandering, yowling "Teeth Like God's Shoeshine." While this is an amazing song, I probably wouldn't have appreciated it if I had started with that record, when I started listening to Modest Mouse.

And for The Moon & Antarctica, it's a visceral, heartwrenching piece, that I've never felt can be taken on a purely track-by-track basis. It loses itself in crevasses on a regular basis (see: the appropriately hypothermic "The Cold Part", or the outrageously tense breakdown in "Life Like Weeds"), and the weight begins to feel unbearable the farther away from "3rd Planet" you get.

Some bands/artists have bodies of work that command you start with the good albums before you get to the GREAT albums. I think that Medulla is one of Bjork's best albums, but I would never tell someone to start there.

I passed Brock on the street yesterday when I was on my way somewhere. I said "Hey" and he said "Sup?" and we kept walking. My wife said, "Who was that?" and I said, "Oh, that was Isaac Brock," and our friend started wigging out.

M83:
I'll ignore Midnight City because as much of a 'choon it is, some people find it too close to cheese.
Unfortunately I can't find my favourite M83 song which is actually a remix of Abstrakt Keal Agram's 'Jason Lytle'
Teen Angst
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMirdNSKbhoIt's possible to just lose yourself in this when played at high volume. The more shoegazey/dream pop end of his spectrum

Bjork:
Post + Homogenic are her masterpieces, with Homogenic edging it for me, but if you're going to just pick tracks, Joga and Bachelorette are my faves, although her vocals on Bachelorette are so epic that they might overpower you at first listen.

Desire Lines
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mBSOtdOjocI would have thought you'd have heard this somewhere but not know what it is. Certain clothes shops like to play this to increase their cred. Deerhunter are best when they write these harmonic jam songs, that just start spiralling off at the end. Worth sticking around to the end of the song.

Are prob the best bits the rest is all on a kind of par bar the debut whic his just ok.

Microcastle/Weird Era Cont, Rainwater Cassette Exchange, Halcyon Digest. All kind of sit on plain. I dunno if any of them are the accessible one. They're all pretty odd with the odd ral catchy one and all the catchy ones are still on a kind of par.

Microcastle just happened to be their breakout rather than being any more accessible than the others. They all kind of have one or two really nice catchy ones then a lot of mucking about, i na good way of course haha.

2) If you like more classic songwriting:
- start with "Saturdays=Youth". It's their most accessible and overall best album. Follow it with the double album "Hurry Up, We're Dreaming" (the one with Midnight City). Then the rest (mentioned above).

At first listen you'll think the CD is defective.
Second listen you'll think they're trying to be too clever
Third listen you'll think what's all the fuss about
Fourth listen you'll be in pop dreamland.

For most of the period 1999 - 2006 there are loads of these! The most Dis-loved probably being Idlewild. It's likely I've heard SOMEthing but can't call to mind the sound of the singer's voice or a single chorus, riff, nothing.

Short, punchy, and awesome album. Their best. Then the other albums in any order.

For Kosheen - start with Resist (their debut). It includes their most known singles. Follow it with Damage (my favorite Kosheen album). Then Kokopelli (it's quite rock) and Independence (their newest album).